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Wednesday 31 August 2016

Brazil Senate impeach first female President Dilma Rousseff for breaking budget laws

Brazil's first female President Dilma Rousseff was impeached today Wednesday August 31 following a 61-20 vote by the senate which went on for hours. Pro-impeachment senators burst into a rendering of the national anthem, some waving Brazilian flags, while allies of Rousseff stood stony face.

68-year-old Rousseff, the country's first female president, will be removed from office and replaced by Vice President Michel Temer, 75. He will be sworn in on Wednesday to serve out her term which extends through 2018.

The impeachment came two days after Rousseff staged a defense before the senate on her actions on Monday and insisted she was innocent of any wrong. Lawmakers had charged that she breached fiscal rules in an attempt to cover up the nation’s budget woes.

"I know I will be judged, but my conscience is clear. I did not commit a crime," Rousseff, told senators on Monday. "I can’t help but taste the bitterness of injustice."

Rousseff described the impeachment process, which has been going on for about a year, amounted to an illegal coup. She said the move was aimed at protecting the interests of the country's economic elite and rolling back social programs that lifted millions of Brazilians from poverty during the last decade.

Recalling how she was tortured and imprisoned in the 1970s for belonging to a leftist guerrilla group, Rousseff urged senators to "vote against impeachment, vote for democracy. Do not accept a coup.

Her opponents, however, have hailed the chance to turn the page on a drawn-out political crisis, the country's worst recession and a sweeping corruption scandal at state oil company Petrobras.

About 50 leftist demonstrators gathered outside the presidential palace to show their support.

"We are protesting against the coup and fighting for democracy," said 61-year-old farmer Orlando Ribeiro.

In the center of the capital, extra security and the closing of avenues near the Senate caused massive traffic jams. Police said they were preparing for large protests later in the day.

Lawyers presenting closing arguments could not hold back their emotions as the clock wound down on a crisis that has paralyzed Brazilian politics for months. A lead lawyer for the case against Rousseff, Senator Janaina Paschoal, wept as she asked forgiveness for causing the president "suffering," but insisted it was the right thing to do.

"The Brazilian people must be aware that nothing illegal and illegitimate is being done here," she said.

Rousseff's counsel, veteran lawyer Jose Eduardo Cardozo, retorted that the charges were trumped up to punish the president's support for a huge corruption investigation that has snared many of Brazil's elite.

"This is a farce," he said in a speech during which his voice alternated between shouts and near whispers. We should ask her forgiveness if she is convicted," he added. "History will treat her fairly. History will absolve Dilma Rousseff if you convict her."

Cardozo said she would appeal the impeachment through the Supreme Court. Rousseff is the first Brazilian leader to be dismissed from office since 1992, when Fernando Collor de Mello resigned before a final vote in his impeachment trial for corruption.

Nigerian entertainment stars meet FACEBOOK founder Mark Zuckerberg (See photos)

Young Billionaire Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg met with Nigerian entertainment stars and Media Personalities in Lagos, today August 31st. Amongst them are Richard Mofe-Damijo, Tolu 'Toolz' Oniru-Demuren, Kunle Afolayan, Basketmouth, Rita Dominic Yemi Alade, Florence 'DJ Cupoy' Otedola, Stephaine Okereke-Linus and others. See more photos below:

Woman who accused Chris Brown has been stripped of Beauty Queen Crown over nudity

Did you know that the woman who got Chris Brown arrested on Tuesday has been stripped of her beauty pageant crown in part because of nude photos that surfaced, and pageant officials say she lied and said it wasn't her. She is Baylee Curran.

She was crowned Miss California Regional 2016, but 2 months later pageant officials were fed up with her and dethroned her.

According to one of the pageant officials, someone sent nude photos to the pageant director, shortly after she won the title. She was told, "This is not what the pageant stands for." Baylee insisted it was not her in the photos.

The director had enough 2 months into her reign, and told Baylee she was stripping her of her crown, but Baylee shot back, "You're the director. You can make or bend the rules. I'm keeping the crown and we can move on."

* Interesting! She'll definitely not return the crown. *

Chris Brown Undergoes Drug Test in Jail

Chris Brown who was in a brawl with a young woman over jewelry was tested for drugs after being arrested. There are indications that drugs were found at his house before he allegedly pulled a gun on a guest.

Law enforcement sources say Chris gave up a blood sample Monday night after arriving at the jail.

Brown's accuser, Baylee Curran, was on "TMZ Live" Tuesday and when she was asked about drug use she got very nervous and wouldn't answer.

It was reported that during the standoff, Chris threw a duffel bag out of the window and cops found 2 guns and drugs. His arrest was for felony assault with a deadly weapon and not drugs.

Chief strategist and founding member of ISIS, Abu Muhammad is dead

The deadly Islamic terrorist organization, ISIS has announced that it's founding member and chief strategist Abu Muhammad al-Adnani who urged followers to carry out attacks on Western civilians while serving as the terrorist movement’s chief spokesman and propagandist has been killed by airstrikes in Aleppo, Syria.

According to a released statement Adnani was killed while surveying the operations to repel the military campaigns against Aleppo.

A US defence official said on Tuesday night that a coalition air strike earlier in the day had targeted Adnani in the town of al-Bab.

Adnani was "martyred while surveying the operations to repel the military campaigns against Aleppo", Isis' Amaq news agency said, without giving details about how he died.

Adnani started one of ISIL’s most notorious threats, intended to inspire Muslims living in Europe to turn on their adopted countries, particularly France.

He urged Muslims to “kill a disbelieving American or European – especially the spiteful and filthy French,” adding:

“Smash his head with a rock, or slaughter him with a knife, or run him over with your car, or throw him down from a high place, or choke him, or poison him.”

Aymenn Jawad Tamimi, an expert on jihadist groups, said Adnani's death "is significant symbolically and in pointing to the wider decline of ISIS"

"If a coalition air strike hit him, it shows intelligence penetration by the coalition is very high. Otherwise it would not have been possible to take out so many high-ranking figures," he said.

Nigeria's GDP: NBS hopeful on the nation's economy

Read the press statement released from the presidency on the economic state of the nation

The just released GDP figures for the 2016 second quarter by the National Bureau of Statistics while confirming a temporary decline, has also indicated an hopeful expectation in the country's economic path.

The following statement was made by the Special Adviser to the President on Economic Matters, Dr. Adeyemi Dipeolu on the latest NBS report:

"The just recently released data from the National Bureau of Statistics showed that Gross Domestic Product declined by -2.06% in the second quarter of 2016 on a year-on-year basis.

A close look at the data shows that this outcome was mostly due to a sharp contraction in the oil sector due to huge losses of crude oil production as a result of vandalisation and sabotage.

However, the rest of the Q2 data is beginning to tell a different story. There was growth in the agricultural and solid minerals sectors which are the areas in which the Federal Government has placed particular priority.

Agriculture grew by 4.53% in the second quarter of 2016 as compared with 3.09% in the first quarter. The metal ores sector showed similar performance with coal mining, quarrying and other minerals also showing positive growth of over 2.5%. Notably also, the share of investments in GDP increased to its highest levels since 2010, growing to about 17% of Gross Domestic Product.

The manufacturing sector though not yet truly out of the woods is beginning to show signs of recovery while the service sector similarly bears watching.

Nevertheless, the data already shows a reduction in imports and an increase in local produced goods and services and this process will be maintained although it will start off slowly in these initial stages before picking up later.

The inflation rate remains high but the good news is that the month-on-month rate of increase has fallen continuously over the past three months.

Unemployment remains stubbornly high which is usually the case during growth slowdowns and for reasons of a structural nature.

The picture that emerges, barring unforeseen shocks, is that the areas given priority by the Federal Government are beginning to respond with understandable time lags to policy initiatives. Indeed, as the emphasis on capital expenditure begins to yield results and the investment/GDP numbers increase, the growth rate of the Nigerian economy is likely to improve further.

As these trends continue, the outlook for the rest of the year is that the Nigerian economy will beat the IMF prediction of -1.8% for the full year 2016.

The IMF had forecasted a growth of -1.8% for 2016, however the economy is performing better than the IMF estimates so far. For the half year it stands at -1.23% compared to an average of -1.80% expected on average by the IMF.

What is more, it is likely the second half will be better than the first half of 2016. This is because many of the challenges faced in the first half either no longer exist or have eased.

Laolu Akande
Senior Special Assistant-Media & Publicity
August 31, 2016
In the Office of the Vice President

Nigerian footballer Kenneth Omeruo renews contract with Chelsea FC

He made the announcement on his IG

Checkout Oprah Winfrey's New Look After Losing Weight

Do you know why she wanted this weight loss? Then read further...

"I would like him to pick me up and carry me to the pool," she said. "I've lost enough weight, he can pick me up and carry me to the pool. I can straddle him without breaking his back."

It's because of this and the program she feels she can keep the weight off.

"I genuinely feel that it’s been easier this time than the other 3,000 times I’ve gone on a diet because I don’t even feel like it is a diet," she said back in May.

Along with her work for Weight Watchers, Oprah is also featured in a new scripted show for OWN, "Greenleaf," which she is also producing. The show is generating a lot of positive buzz and she couldn't be happier.

“I am actually doing it. I really only do what I want to do when I want to do it. That’s the best life,” she said earlier this summer.

Niger Delta Avengers set up committee to dialogue with FG

The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) today announced a seven-member committee to represent it in dialogue with the federal government.

The committee members are as follows:

1. CHF. (DR) ORJI UZOR KALU

2. PROF. STEVEN ODI-OWEI

3. ETIBOM (DR) ANTHONY A. ANI

4. MR. NALAGUO CHRIS ALAGOA

5. CHF. (MRS) ALICE MOBOLAJI OSOMO

6. PROF. WOLE SOYINKA (ADVISER)

7. MR. ANIENIMI BALLANTYNE AGIRI

“We trust and believe in the quality and pedigree of members of this committee,” the statement said, explaining the group had mandated its contact, Mr. Ballantyne Agirias, to constitute the seven-man team, and that the nominations were approved by the Supreme Consultative Council (SCC) of the eastern central division of the NDA

“We believe this committee shall accommodate [inputs] from personalities of oil producing communities within the region as well as outside the shores of this Nation,” it said. “The Nobel laureate Professor Wole Soyinka who is from the South West is also a member of the approved team as advisor. He had met with briefly with President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR on the proposed dialogue weeks ago and had since been consistent in the media.”

The group expressed the hope that given the agenda for discussion, lasting peace and tranquility will return “if the people and government of Nigeria will be sincere, considerate with the spirit of love and justice to the people of the region that have sacrificed and given all for the past sixty (60) years to keep Nigeria alive and united.”

Text of the statement:

THE AVENGERS OF THE CENTRAL AND EASTERN NIGER DELTA AVENGERS SPEAKS

28th August 2016

On behalf of the Niger delta Avengers of the Central and Eastern Zones in the Niger Delta States, greets the good people of the Niger Deltans, Biafra, Nigeria and the entire world. The journey so far has been enormous, herculean, demanding and pane staking, yet we have remained resolute with reasoning and vision.

We promise our people of Niger Delta that with God Almighty on our side, we shall never let the Ijaw people down. We are only fighting against the demonic powers of oppression, slavery, injustice, extra-judicial killings, total neglect and impoverishment of oil rich region. How be it , over two months ago we partially and now have heed the clarion called to a total cease fire to dialogue on peace and development with government.

We Avengers of the Central Eastern Zones comprising of Bayelsa, Rivers, Ikwa-Ibom, Cross River and Splinter from other states making up about 75% of the total fighting force reached out to and mandated Mr. Ballantyne Agirias our contact to constitute the seven men dialogue team with federal government which done and approved by the Supreme Consultative Council (SCC) of the eastern central division of the Niger Delta Avengers.

We trust and believe in the quality and pedigree of members of this committee. We believe this committee shall accommodate inputs from personalities of oil producing communities within the region as well as outside the shores of this Nation. The Nobel laureate Professor Wole Soyinka who is from the South West is also a member of the approved team as advisor. He had met with briefly with President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR on the proposed dialogue weeks ago and had since been consistent in the media.

We truly and sincerely hope that with the agenda for discussion, lasting peace and tranquility will return if the people and government of Nigeria will be sincere, considerate with the spirit of love and justice to the people of the region that have sacrificed and given all for the past sixty (60) years to keep Nigeria alive and united.

Dialogue committee members are:

1. CHF. (DR) ORJI UZOR KALU

2. PROF. STEVEN ODI-OWEI

3. ETIBOM (DR) ANTHONY A. ANI

4. MR. NALAGUO CHRIS ALAGOA

5. CHF. (MRS) ALICE MOBOLAJI OSOMO

6. PROF. WOLE SOYINKA (ADVISER)

7. MR. ANIENIMI BALLANTYNE AGIRI.

Checkout Press release on CBN New International Money Transfer Operation

Ghanaian Actress Joselyn Dumas Is +1 Today

Checkout the young actress as she celebrates a new year today.

Checkout what UK-based Nigerian Doctor, Cyprian Okoro Watches On His Phone (See Photo)

A Nigerian doctor was caught with 'extreme' porn videos including a video of a man having sex with a snake, a court heard.

The doctor named Cyprian Okoro, 55, allegedly stored the images on his Samsung mobile phone having received them via mobile messaging app WhatsApp, the Old Bailey heard.

They included three videos of a woman having sex with a dog, one of a man having sex with a snake and one of a woman having sex with a horse, jurors were told.

The defendant is on trial charged with five counts of possessing ****ography of a 'grossly offensive, disgusting or otherwise obscene character'.

Okoro is also accused of one charge of possessing indecent images of a child relating to a video of a two-year-old boy.

Opening the trial, prosecutor Nicola Devas told jurors they would be spared from watching the videos as the question of whether they were indecent or extreme was not at issue.

The footage came to light when, on August 28 2013, Okoro's Samsung phone was seized by police and examined by specialist officers from Norfolk Constabulary before being returned.

The forensic examination found three of the videos, including the one of a toddler, had been stored on a password protected specialist App or 'vault', the court heard.

In February 2014, the defendant was arrested and his phone examined by police for a second time.

The indecent video and footage of a woman having sex with a dog were still in the vault while other images had been deleted, the court heard.

In his police interview, Okoro said pictures would be sent to him on WhatsApp and automatically go
into his photos gallery.

As the indecent video had been manually moved to the vault, Mrs Devas told jurors it was clear he had viewed it.

She said: 'What we say is he has received videos on WhatsApp, downloaded on his phone and three specifically moved into a further password protected vault.'
Okoro, of Streatham, south west London, denies the charges against him.

Imagine! Step Mother Tortures 7-year Old Girl to death in Kaduna

A 7-year old girl identified as Zainab was allegedly tortured to death by her step-mother in Kaduna state. According to Hausa news page, Zuma Times, the woman had been torturing the young child for so long and she finally gave up the ghost. They didn’t say anything about the girl’s parents.

See graphic photos of Zainab's butt below

Missing NYSC discharge certificate

Missing NYSC discharge certificate

This is to announce to the general public of the missing NYSC discharge certificate belonging to one Okezie Deborah who served in Cross Rivers state. It was picked up somewhere.

Anyone who knows her should give her this contact for easy retrieval - 08063638466.

Angry Mob Strip and Lynch Two Female Thieves (See Photos)

Two young women were stripped and beaten blue-black by an angry mob before they were rescued by the police. The women deceived a man and stole about Sh17,000 (N52,000) in Embu town of Kenya.

According to a report by Nairobi News, Embu Deputy Police boss Ziro Arome said the women, identified as Wincate Mukami and Faith Wangui, had been moving around town under the guise of selling SIM cards while tricking unsuspecting people.

But, their cups got full after they conned a businessman on Monday evening. The man raised alarm which attracted people.

“Had the police not arrived on time, maybe they would have been harmed more. They had visited a businessman’s shop and tricked him to give them the money promising to demonstrate something. They have been conning people under the guise of selling SIM cards,” said Mr Arome.

The police boss said the officers who rescued them salvaged the torn clothes with which they wrapped themselves. Mr Arome urged members of public to stop engaging in mob justice and report the matters to police for prosecution.

A third accomplice escaped during the 5.30pm incident. The suspects are being held at the Embu Police Station.

Checkout The Official Press Statement of Actress Funke Akindele's Marriage Which Occurred On August 23

Funke Akindele walked down the aisle on Tuesday, 23, August, with her beau, Abdulrasheed Bello in London, UK at a quiet wedding witnessed by immediate family members, the best man, maid of honour, and friends with strong ties.

The groom, Abdulrasheed, aka Skillz is a multi-talented musician, music producer and a leading member of the JJC and 419 Squad based in London.

Until his decision to marry Funke, he was blessed with three children who are grown up and living happily in the United Kingdom.

The couple, in a statement signed by Funke Akindele’s publicist, Biodun Kupoluyi, chose a quiet wedding in London because neither of them wanted to be on show or at the center of attention having been on that lane before.

“The decision to do it quietly was right for us and we pray for the understanding of our close friends and fans at this offer of a lifetime moment. At a good time, we shall look back and in appreciation of divine grace and your support, we shall celebrate milestones and where we are in life.”

The working couple has since hit the ground running, shooting scenes for the new episode, Jenifa In London for the running sit-com, Jenifa’s Diary. Jenifa In London, Funke Akindele hinted would be premiered at a high-octane event in London and Lagos. The couple would return to Nigeria soon.

Signed:
Management

Tuesday 30 August 2016

Niger Delta militant group blow up major oil facility in Delta state

A militant group known as the Niger Delta Greenland Justice Movement, NDGJM, has blown up the Ogor-Oteri major delivery line operated by the Nigeria Petroleum Development Company and Shorelines Petroleum in the state.

The group in a statement released and signed by its leader, “Gen” Aldo Agbalaja, said they carried out the attack on the oil facility at about 3am.

The group said they will also be launching “Operation Crocodile Tears” since the military had launched “Operation Crocodile Smile” to supposedly worsen the Niger Delta crisis.

Their statement reads below:

“Recent developments around our region, especially as it concerns the issue of justice and our inalienable right to protect our heritage, have proven us right all along. Now it has become clearer who is serious about getting justice for our people and who has been using the name of the region and the destinies of all our peoples to feather their nests, raising dusts merely to harass the Nigerian state and the oil multinationals into parting with money. Although some selfish machinery, merely put together to achieve some pecuniary ends, has been parading in the name of the peoples of the Niger Delta, the Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate will not be derailed on its mission to getting justice for the people. When lines are blurred, justice is most likely to be miscarried. If there shall be a negotiation, it must be seen and indeed, must be in actual sense, be representing all the individual nations of the region equally. The drama that trailed the visit of some Ijaw royal fathers to the Minister of State for Petroleum, Ibe Kachikwu, in Abuja recently is more reason why equity must be a factor in setting up a body that will dialogue on behalf of all the peoples of the Niger Delta.” “If the said leader could not respect the royal fathers of his ethnic nation, if he is lording his will over them, what chance do other nations have, which do not have adequate representation? That said, the Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate will no longer sit quietly watching the endless harassment of our people in various parts of the region by the Nigerian military. We had once warned against the victimization and harassment of defenseless people of the region, especially in the creeks, but rather than heed, the Nigerian military has increased its presence and made life more difficult for our people. They are now killing our people on the basis of mere suspicion, this cannot continue. With the launch of their ‘Operation Crocodile Smile’, the Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate is also serving a notice on the commencement of our ‘Operation Crocodile Tears.’ It shall from now on be an eye for an eye; for every military atrocity carried out in the creeks and hinterland of the Niger Delta, the Nigerian armed forces will have the Niger Delta Greenland Justice Mandate to contend with. To this end, we are alerting all those working in the UQCC/UPS Erhomukokwarien in Ughelli, Eriemu Pigging Manifold in Agbarha, Otorogun Gas Plant, Olomoro Flow Station, Warri Refinery, Port Harcourt Refinery, Eleme, OB-OB and Obite gas plants in Omoku to evacuate because what is coming to those facilities are beyond what anybody has seen before. We do not want innocent blood being spilled, therefore, we advise all indigenes living in the vicinities of the facilities to relocate for the time being. The world should, however, note that the bloodbath that is about to commence in our already beaten, battered, squeezed and impoverished homeland, the Niger Delta. It is all the baby of the Nigerian government; they are the people, who are in one breath preaching resolution through dialogue and also breathing bullets and bombs on a troubled, but trusting people. “Hold the Nigerian President responsible for the genocide that his armed forces is about to unleash on our people,”the statement read

#BBOG: Dr. Oby Ezekwesili Humiliated As Police Deny Group Access To Aso Villa

The Bring Back Our Girls, BBOG, group, that marched to Aso Rock in furtherance of the release of the abducted Chibok girls.

The front-liner of the group and former Minister of Education, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, alongside other members of the group was denied access ‘as usual’ by a battalion of policemen at the entrance.

Security operatives barricaded the entrance, stopping the group from gaining access into Aso Rock.

The group members had no choice but to sit on the floor under the scorching sun with their lips sealed.

* Oh ! this is humiliating...*

40 Year Old Deaf Teacher Rapes Baby In Yobe

This is really disgusting! Enhhh? A 40-year-old deaf teacher, Shaaibu Yakubu Abdullahi, has been arrested by men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, for allegedly raping a 6-month-old baby in Potiskum, Yobe state. The arrest occurred yesterday in Potiskum.

The NSCDC Commandant, Muhammad Gidado Fari, said the culprit was apprehended after a non-governmental organization, National Council of Women Society, NCWS, reported the situation to the corps.

According to the Commandant, the culprit allegedly connived with his 10-year-old student, (name withheld) who carried the baby to him from her neighbour’s house and “He defiled her.”

The commandant said although Abdullahi denied the allegation, he was identified by the 10-year-old student in a group picture of staff and student taken in the school.

He said the matter has been reported to the state’s Ministry of Justice for prosecution as the case needs a professional in sign language to interpret.

The President of NCWS, Halima Kyari Joda, said the baby was taken to the University of Maiduguri Teaching Hospital for examination and treatment.

Facebook Founder Mark Zuckerberg Is In Nigeria

Herdsman In Possession Of AK47 Riffle Nabbed In Enugu

A suspect who identified himself as one Ibrahim Adamumale said to be about 20 years old has been nabbed in Affa Udi local Government Area of Enugu state for allegedly being in possession of a sophisticated gun suspected to be Ak 47 Riffle with 24 rounds of live ammunitions. The suspect who claimed that he is from Nassarawa state but lives at Hausa quarters 9thmile and a herdsman with some cows at Affa Udi bush was nabbed on yesterday by the combine efforts of the police and the members of the public from Affa acting on a tip off.

It was further gathered that suspect before he was nabbed had expended about six shots on the air to evade being nabbed failed to the superior effort of the police and members of the public who have gathered information about suspect'"s antecedents in relation to bearing of sophisticated weapon within Affa axis and its environs.Suspect is now helping the police in their investigations in relation to how he came about the riffle.

The state commissioner of police Emmanuel Ojukwu has expressed delight at the effort of his men and the community leading to the arrest of the suspected hoodlum and the recovery of the gun and ammunition pointing out that Enugu state under his watch,will continue to partner relevant stake holders and sister Agencies for a safe and secured environment.

Irish Artist Bono Commends President Buhari's social investment programmes

Irish Artist Bono Commends President Buhari's social investment programmes

Earlier today, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, received members of the ONE campaign led by the international Rock Star artist Bono, and Africa's richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, at the Presidential Villa to discuss the possibilities of a global partnership to address the crisis through international advocacy.

Addressing members of the delegation that included former UK Development Secretary Douglas Alexander, VP Osinbajo noted that "it is very important that you chose to come and offer some partnership. This is great and we are pleased…Partnership is certainly the way to go."

He said no matter how prepared a country could be, handling the kind of crisis in the North-East with two million displaced people including children, as a single country "would be irresponsible."

According to him however, a global partnership to address the situation should be coordinated and more focussed on what is required to be done, for instance, in addressing the issue of malnourished children and not attempting to do too much things at once.

Speaking earlier the Irish born artist Bono said he has visited some of the IDPs and said "we want to be useful to you," adding that what he saw in the region was "deeply disturbing."

Bono also commended the social investment programmes of the Buhari administration saying "we have heard of the incredible plans, the social investment funds," adding also that the level of transparency already seen in the administration is both "very exciting and transforming."

The ONE campaign is an advocacy organization with more than seven million people around the world taking action to end extreme poverty and preventable diseases especially in Africa. It has on its board people like Mo Ibrahim, Bill Gates, Micheal Bloomberg among others. It was founded in 2004.